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cape girardeau weekly arugs vol vi cape girardeau missouri thursday november 19,1868 no 21 through the world some hearts go hungering through the world and never find the love tbey seek seme lips with jride or scorn are curled to hide tbe pain they may not speak the eye may flash the mouth may smile the voice in gladdest music thrill and yet beneath them all the while the hungry heart be pining still these know their doom and walk their way with level steps and steadiest eye nor strive with fate nÂ»r weep nor pray while others not so sadly wise are mocked by phantoms evermore and lured by seemings of delight fair to the eye but at the core holding but bitter dust snd blight i see them gace from wistful eyes i mark thalr sign on fa'ling cheeks ; * ' i hear them breathe in smothered sighs ' . | and note the rief that never speaks : for them ne might redresses wrong â€¢ â€¢ j ko eye with pity is impearled o misconstrued and buffering ung j o hearts that hunger through the world 1 1 far you dees life's dull deoert hold no fountain shade no date grove fair ' â– no gush of waters tlear and cold rut sandy reaches wild and bare , the foot may fall the soul may faint , and wear to earth the weary frame tet still yemaka n weak complaint aud speak no word ef grief or blame ' , o eager eyes which gsze afar . , . o arms which clasp the empty air i i not all unmarked your soirows are not all uplifted your desyair smile patient lip ao proudly dumb when lire's frail tent at lÂ»*t is furled your glorious recompense shall come o hearts that hunger through the world an eloquent extract â€¢ writing of tbe closing scenes in the historj of general lee's army j quitman moore esq thus thrills a chord thai will vibrate forever and bequeaths a gem to tho literature of the south : , there stood the mournful rem nants of that once glorious army that had dipped its conquering ban ners in the crimson tide of eight and twenty sanguinary battles and scat tered its heroic slain from the foot of the pennsylvania mountains to tho gates of its own capital city ; tbat gave manassas to beauregard and twined the fame of the seven pines battle in the laurel wreath of john ston ; that had caused the waters of the shenandoah eternally to murmur the name of stonewall jackson ; and stretching its right arm out to the distant west had planted victory on the drooping banners ot bragg that had witnessed four gigantic cam paigns and through all the shifting and tragic scenes and under all diffi culties and dangers had remained steadfast and faithful to the last and after having witnessed the us ing of the southern constellation as as it loomed up brightly on the hori zon of war pursuing to its splendid zenith the fiery path of mars now beheld not unmoved its declining splendors going down in the gloom of eternal night and he its illus trious chief whose lofty plumo was ever its rallying point in battle and around whom its affections warmly clustered now commended it for its past devotion and bade it adieu for ever slowly and sadly he rode from that mournful field and the cause he fought for was beneath the foot of power few were the e)*es that grew not moist at witnessing tbat depart ure it was the agony of a great cause finding expression in the sub lime soul of its great defender and though that cause be dead yet will its memory continue to live and ever honored will be those names that were sacrificed at its altars and on the scroll of fame no name among the list of eminent worthies will shine in a purer serener or more re splendent light than that of robert edmund leo his fame is monumen tal his name will be placed by the side of those of tbe great captaina of history of marlborough and saxe of tilly and eugene and as long as the fame of the sonthern struggle shall linger in tradition and 6ong will his memory be cherished by tbe descend ants ol the southern races while his character will stand up in tho twi light of history like 6ome grand old cathedral lifting itself in imperisha ble beauty above the objects of earth majestic in its vast proportions aw ful in its solemn statoliness sublime in its severe simplicity * â– ' 1 * â– Â«. 9 , wisdom.â€”never be ashamed of confessing your ignorance for the wisest man upon earth is ignorant of many things insomuch that what ho knows is more nothing in comparison with what he does not know thero cannot be a greater folly in the world than to suppose wo know everything the steamboat race a tiiriliing sketch from the novel four years in the rebel capital well we are aboard the southern republic the last bell has sounded the last belated trunk has been trun dled over the plank and we are off the calliope screaming dixie like ten thousand devils and the crowds on the bank'waving us bon voyage ! the main saloon of the boat was a spacious apartment a hundred feet long by thirty in breadth gorgeous ly decorated with modern paint and brilliantly lighted the galleries leading to tho state-rooms rising tier upon tiei ran entirely around it while above them a skylight of tint ed glass shed a 6oft warm light . there aie offices card rooms bar ber shops and even faro banks aboard all these boats and as tho down trip occupies from forty-eight to seventy hoursâ€”according to the stage of the river and the luck of tunning aground a performance to be expected at least once in each trip we become quite a mutual amuse ment community by the time it is over .. ... i this trip tbe boat was very crowd ed and at supper the effect of the line of small tables filled witb/officers in uniform ladies tastefully dressed and a sprinkling of homespun coats all"reflected in the long mirorâ€”was very bright and gay after meals thero is generally a promenade on tho upper decks sans souciâ€”hear people talk smoke inspect each other ' and flirt tbey then adjourned to state-room saloon or card room and | lounge or read to kill time for the alabama is anything but a pictures que stream with its low marshy banks only varied by occasional slides and negro quarters this night was splendidly clear the moon bright as day ; and styles and 1 after seeing tbe colonel well \ tucked in stayed on deck to scrape acquaintance with the pilot and the small seedy frenchman who offici ated at the calliope he was original in his wayâ€”"the professor with his head like a bullet garnished with hair of tbe most wiry blackness cut as close as tho scissors could hold it looking like the uncompromisingpor eupine of course he was a political refugee dixie ! aire nationale ! pas pon chose !" he exclaimed seating him self at bin instrument and twisting a huge moustache voilate marscil leire zat make national hymn for you !" and he t made the whistle roar and shriek in a way to have sent the rod capes into tbe air a hundred miles away grand splendid roarod styles above the steam why professor you're a genius come and take some brandy tho professor banged down his in strument led the way instanter down to our state-room and once there did take someting else and finally some more till be got very thick tongued and enthusiastic grand aire of zeliberte be cried at last mounting to his perch by the smoke stack song compos ed for me by one grand manâ€”van dorn i make this and dedicate to him ;" and he banged away at the keys till he tortured the steam into the liberty duetto from puri tian how you find zat eh zat makes ze hymn for ze souse me am re publican voila ! i wear ze mous tache of ze revolutionists my hairs are cut en mecontent were zer colore more red i 6hould be zati and.the professor was soon struck by the idea then he played the air again and again till it rung like a phantom chorus over the still planta tions at last he was overcome by emotion and brandy slid from the stool and sat at the foot of the smoke stack muttering zat is a hymn hie dedicate toze general and to ze hie country !" and then he slept the sleep of the just conscience thar's the senator and she's gainin on we said tho pilot as we walked forward pointing to a thin column of smoke rising out of the trees just abreatt of us how far astern a matter of about two miles around that point splendid night for a race mut tered styles will sho overtake us captain wall raaibec said the old river dog while the roost professional grin shot over bis hard wooden features specially ef i ease up this'ar old gal ha jones now we'll have it â€” we won't turn in now chuckled styles banging me in the back almost imperceptibly our speed slackened and the thin dark column crept nearer and nearer around the trees on the point in oar wake till at last the steamer burst into sight not a pistol shot astern there is a sharp click of the pilot's bell a grasping throb as if our boat took a deep long breath and just as the senator makes our wheel we dash ahead again with every stroke of the piston threatening to rack our frail fabric into threads the river here is pretty wide and the channel deep and clear the senator pulls ahead in gallant style now gaining our quarters now a boat's length astern both engin eers roaring and snorting like angry hippopotami and both vessels rock ing and straining till they seem to paw their way through the churned water talk of horse racing and rouge et noir but except the wild delirium of a cavalary chargeâ€”as de scribed by those who have been in one there is no excitement that can ap proach boat racing on a southern river ono by one the people pop up the ladder and throng the rails â€” first the unemployed deck hands then a strange gentleman or two and finally ladies and children till j the rail is full and every eye is anx iously strained to the opposite boat she holds bet own wonderfully well considering the reputation of ours and at each burst when she seemed to gain on us tlje whole crowd hold their breath and as she [ drops off again thero is a deep drawn | gasping sigh of relief like wind in i the pines even the colonel has \ roused himself from dreams of turtle lat the st charles and red fish at ' pensacola and has come on deck in shooting jacket and glengary cap that makes him look like jaunty fosco he leans over the stern rail puffing his cabana in long cany whiffs as we gain at length or sending out short angry puffs at the senator as she creeps upon us foot by foot we gain steadily un til the gap is widened to three of our boat lengths though the senator piles her fires until the shores behind her on each side glow from their're flection ; and her decksâ€”now black with anxious lookers on,send up cheer after cheer as she'snorts dafiantly after us suddenly the bank seems to loom ap right under our larboard bow we have cut it too close two sharp vicious clicks of the bell our helm goes hard down and tho engines stop with a sudden jar as i catch a hissing curse break through the sot teeth of the pilot a wild yell ot triumph rises from the senator's deck on she comes in gallant style shutting the gap and passing us like a race horse before we can swing into the channel and re cover headway it is a splendid eight as the noble boat passes us her black hulk standing out in the clear moonlight against tho dim gray bank like a living monster and great chimneys snorting out great volumes of massive smoke that trails out flat behind her from tho great speed her side towards us is crowded with men women and children and hats handkerchiefs and hands are swung madly about to aid her effort of the hundred voices suddenly it iights up with a lurid glare as the furnace doors are thrown wide open and in tho hot glare the negro stokersâ€”their stalwart forms jetty black naked to the waist and streaming with tho exertion that makes the muscles strain out like cords show liko tbe distorted imps of some pictured inferno they too have imbibed tho excitement and with every gesture of anxious haste and eyeballs btarting from their dus ky heads some plunge their long rakes into the red mouths of the fur nace twisting and turning the crack ling mass with terrific strength while others hurl in the huge logs of resin ous pine already heated by contact till they burn like pitch then the great doors bang too the yo ! yo ! of the negroes dies away and the whole hull is blacker from the contrast while the senator puffing denser clouds than ever swing 3 round the point a hundred yards ahead there is a dead silence on our boat bo deep that the rough whisper of the pilot lo tho knot around him in heard the wholo length of the deck : dam nation ! but i'll overstep yer yet or bust !'*^ good old fellow responds styles < let her out and i'll stand tho wine then the old colonel walks to the wheel with bid face purple his glen gary pushed far back on his head and his cigar glowing like the red eye of battle as he puffs angry wheezes of smoke through his nostrils damned hard sirâ€”hard ! egad ! i'd ; burn the last ham in tho locker to : overtake her and he whirled tho glowing stump after the senator as ; the spartan youth hurled their shields into the thick of the battle before rushing to reclaim them on we speed until tho trees on the bank seem to fly back past us and round the point to see the senator just turn ing another curve j on still faster than ever with cv ! cry glass on board jingling its frame | and every joint and timber trembling as with a congestive chill 1 still the black demons below pile their fires with the fattest logsâ€”and even a few barrels of pitch are slyly slipped inâ€”the smoke behind us etretching straight and flat from the smoke stack now we enter a straight narrow reach with the senator just before us faster and faster we go till tbe boat fairly rocks and swings from side to side half lifted with every ! throb of the engine closer and clo ser we creepâ€”harder and harder the cylinders thumpâ€”until . at last we close our just lapping her stern < so we run a few yards little by littleâ€”so little that we test it by counting her windowsâ€”we reach her wheelâ€”pass itâ€”lock her bow and run neck and neck for a hundred feet ' j the stillness of death is upon both boats not a sound but the creak and shuddor.as they struggle on sud denly the harsh voice of our'old pilot crushes through it like a broadaxo . " good bye sen'tor send yer a tug !" and he gives his bell ra mery click our huge boat gave one shudder ing throb that racks her from end to end one plunge and then she settles into a steady rush and forges rapidly ahead wider and wider grows the gap ; and we wind out of sight with the beaten boat five hundred yards behind us the cigar i take from my mouth to make way for the deep long sigh is chewed to a perfect pulp a wild pent-up yell of half savage triumph goes up from the crowded deck such as is heard nowhere else but when tho captured work rewards the bloody and oftrepeated charge cheer after cheer follows ; and as we approach tho thin column of smoke curling over the trees between us styles bestrides the prostrate form of the still sleeping professor and makes the calliope yell and shriek that classic dittyâ€”"old gray horse come out of the wilderness 1 at the invisible rival 1 doubt if heartier toast was ever drank than the " colonel gave the group around the wheel-house when styles stood the wine plighted tho pi lot tho " colonel was beaming the glengary sat jauntily on one side and his voice actually gurgled as he said . ! " egad i'd miss my dinner for a week for this i gentleman a toast here's to tho old boat god bless her soul â– Â«â– Â».Â». â– â€” example in farming.â€”the farm er wants an eye out as well as a hand busp he wants to see what his neighbor does , and when be does this he wants to lay aside prejudice he must not think he knows it all he must get good where he can get it and get it honorably your neigh bor's business is a great instructor to you if you will take advantage of it it is like an extension of your own farm with the experiments the losses and tho successes by both we are profited it is an important thing it is money in the pocket it is like reading your paper like attending a fair only more so no agricultural paper can give you the eye facts there they are as thoigh you had practiced them yourself and tho soil is like yours joining it your neighbor is willing to bestow his in formation what you do not get by seeing yourself much good is done in this way much more should be done and remember it costs you nothing for this knowledge what an advantage is hereâ€”all around us ; it is like tbe manure in tho atmos phere to bo had for the gettn g as with the grains your neighbor's fields are books read them.i how to find speech mr l affronted bis wife who to punish him,-resolved to act dumb whenever he was present and no well did she maintain her resolution that nearly a week passed v away during which not a wold did she uttet in bis presence sho performed her household duties as usual but speak she would not tried to coax her out of her whim but in vain at last he tried the following plan to overcome her resolution by working on her curiosityâ€”the most ungovern able of female propensities return ing one evening from his employ ment his lady sat thero as usual mute he immediately commenced a vigorous search throughout the room the closet was examined the bed room drawers boxes shelves every thing that could bo thought of was overhauled his wife was struck with astonishment at this unaccount 1 able behavior and as be proceeded in his search she became nervousiy anxious to find out what he was look:ng for what could it be sho looked in his face to glean it pos sible from his expression the object of his search ; but no go he was as sober as a judge he lifted the edge of the carpet looked under the table cover and finally approached her chair looked under it and even went so far as to brush hor dress par 1 tially aside as if what he sought might be there she could stand it no longer she burst out bob what are you looking for he smiled and answered your tongue and i've found it .Â« i Â» > â– jbf&g-tbo following is the closing paragraph of a great speech deliver ed by gov seymour at columbus ohio on tuesday the 26th ult we copy it for tbe purpose of showing the temper of the man and the christian patriotic spirit that ani mates his being said he : -~ " the war is over the dead aro buried and the god of nature has covered their graves with the green grass and beautiful flowers to show us that nature has left no trace'of tho violence done a poor fallen human nature should as far as it could imi tate this divine example and wipe out the traces of poison and bate in the minds of tho american people a union made with its usurpations inequalities and dangers isjnot tho union our soldiers fought for that was a union of hearts^and of hands cheers i stand before you for the first time i shall never in all human probability meet you again but i shall ever cherish the remembrance of this scene and i trust my re publican friends that though you may think me a mistaken man you will feel that i am an earnest man and one who loves his country and would serve you as woll as ourselves cheers we can gain no triumph for tho right which is a triumph over you we cannot stand here to advoj cate principles,that restrain the pow er of the government which wo shall govern in a little while that mean harm to you if it is well for us it is well for yon if we cannot bee things alike from different stand points let us at least agree with christian chairity and patriotic faith to believe that the whole public mean , well and let us go into the election with an earnest desire to serve our country and vote as our consciences dictate a mistaken people may sur vive,but a corrupt and cowardly peo ple who will not live up to their con victions will undoubtedly and ought to perish from among the nations of the earth and may god grant that the result will be such as shall pre serve the spirit of the constitution be in keeping with the teaching of our fathers and maintain our union forever and ever great cheers 1 Â« m m i s of all the lessons that human ity has to learn in life's school the hardest is to learn to wait not to wait with the folded hands that claim life's prizes without previous effort but having struggled and crowned the slow years with trial see no such result as effort seems to warrant â€” nay perhaps disaster instead to 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cape girardeau weekly arugs vol vi cape girardeau missouri thursday november 19,1868 no 21 through the world some hearts go hungering through the world and never find the love tbey seek seme lips with jride or scorn are curled to hide tbe pain they may not speak the eye may flash the mouth may smile the voice in gladdest music thrill and yet beneath them all the while the hungry heart be pining still these know their doom and walk their way with level steps and steadiest eye nor strive with fate nÂ»r weep nor pray while others not so sadly wise are mocked by phantoms evermore and lured by seemings of delight fair to the eye but at the core holding but bitter dust snd blight i see them gace from wistful eyes i mark thalr sign on fa'ling cheeks ; * ' i hear them breathe in smothered sighs ' . | and note the rief that never speaks : for them ne might redresses wrong â€¢ â€¢ j ko eye with pity is impearled o misconstrued and buffering ung j o hearts that hunger through the world 1 1 far you dees life's dull deoert hold no fountain shade no date grove fair ' â– no gush of waters tlear and cold rut sandy reaches wild and bare , the foot may fall the soul may faint , and wear to earth the weary frame tet still yemaka n weak complaint aud speak no word ef grief or blame ' , o eager eyes which gsze afar . , . o arms which clasp the empty air i i not all unmarked your soirows are not all uplifted your desyair smile patient lip ao proudly dumb when lire's frail tent at lÂ»*t is furled your glorious recompense shall come o hearts that hunger through the world an eloquent extract â€¢ writing of tbe closing scenes in the historj of general lee's army j quitman moore esq thus thrills a chord thai will vibrate forever and bequeaths a gem to tho literature of the south : , there stood the mournful rem nants of that once glorious army that had dipped its conquering ban ners in the crimson tide of eight and twenty sanguinary battles and scat tered its heroic slain from the foot of the pennsylvania mountains to tho gates of its own capital city ; tbat gave manassas to beauregard and twined the fame of the seven pines battle in the laurel wreath of john ston ; that had caused the waters of the shenandoah eternally to murmur the name of stonewall jackson ; and stretching its right arm out to the distant west had planted victory on the drooping banners ot bragg that had witnessed four gigantic cam paigns and through all the shifting and tragic scenes and under all diffi culties and dangers had remained steadfast and faithful to the last and after having witnessed the us ing of the southern constellation as as it loomed up brightly on the hori zon of war pursuing to its splendid zenith the fiery path of mars now beheld not unmoved its declining splendors going down in the gloom of eternal night and he its illus trious chief whose lofty plumo was ever its rallying point in battle and around whom its affections warmly clustered now commended it for its past devotion and bade it adieu for ever slowly and sadly he rode from that mournful field and the cause he fought for was beneath the foot of power few were the e)*es that grew not moist at witnessing tbat depart ure it was the agony of a great cause finding expression in the sub lime soul of its great defender and though that cause be dead yet will its memory continue to live and ever honored will be those names that were sacrificed at its altars and on the scroll of fame no name among the list of eminent worthies will shine in a purer serener or more re splendent light than that of robert edmund leo his fame is monumen tal his name will be placed by the side of those of tbe great captaina of history of marlborough and saxe of tilly and eugene and as long as the fame of the sonthern struggle shall linger in tradition and 6ong will his memory be cherished by tbe descend ants ol the southern races while his character will stand up in tho twi light of history like 6ome grand old cathedral lifting itself in imperisha ble beauty above the objects of earth majestic in its vast proportions aw ful in its solemn statoliness sublime in its severe simplicity * â– ' 1 * â– Â«. 9 , wisdom.â€”never be ashamed of confessing your ignorance for the wisest man upon earth is ignorant of many things insomuch that what ho knows is more nothing in comparison with what he does not know thero cannot be a greater folly in the world than to suppose wo know everything the steamboat race a tiiriliing sketch from the novel four years in the rebel capital well we are aboard the southern republic the last bell has sounded the last belated trunk has been trun dled over the plank and we are off the calliope screaming dixie like ten thousand devils and the crowds on the bank'waving us bon voyage ! the main saloon of the boat was a spacious apartment a hundred feet long by thirty in breadth gorgeous ly decorated with modern paint and brilliantly lighted the galleries leading to tho state-rooms rising tier upon tiei ran entirely around it while above them a skylight of tint ed glass shed a 6oft warm light . there aie offices card rooms bar ber shops and even faro banks aboard all these boats and as tho down trip occupies from forty-eight to seventy hoursâ€”according to the stage of the river and the luck of tunning aground a performance to be expected at least once in each trip we become quite a mutual amuse ment community by the time it is over .. ... i this trip tbe boat was very crowd ed and at supper the effect of the line of small tables filled witb/officers in uniform ladies tastefully dressed and a sprinkling of homespun coats all"reflected in the long mirorâ€”was very bright and gay after meals thero is generally a promenade on tho upper decks sans souciâ€”hear people talk smoke inspect each other ' and flirt tbey then adjourned to state-room saloon or card room and | lounge or read to kill time for the alabama is anything but a pictures que stream with its low marshy banks only varied by occasional slides and negro quarters this night was splendidly clear the moon bright as day ; and styles and 1 after seeing tbe colonel well \ tucked in stayed on deck to scrape acquaintance with the pilot and the small seedy frenchman who offici ated at the calliope he was original in his wayâ€”"the professor with his head like a bullet garnished with hair of tbe most wiry blackness cut as close as tho scissors could hold it looking like the uncompromisingpor eupine of course he was a political refugee dixie ! aire nationale ! pas pon chose !" he exclaimed seating him self at bin instrument and twisting a huge moustache voilate marscil leire zat make national hymn for you !" and he t made the whistle roar and shriek in a way to have sent the rod capes into tbe air a hundred miles away grand splendid roarod styles above the steam why professor you're a genius come and take some brandy tho professor banged down his in strument led the way instanter down to our state-room and once there did take someting else and finally some more till be got very thick tongued and enthusiastic grand aire of zeliberte be cried at last mounting to his perch by the smoke stack song compos ed for me by one grand manâ€”van dorn i make this and dedicate to him ;" and he banged away at the keys till he tortured the steam into the liberty duetto from puri tian how you find zat eh zat makes ze hymn for ze souse me am re publican voila ! i wear ze mous tache of ze revolutionists my hairs are cut en mecontent were zer colore more red i 6hould be zati and.the professor was soon struck by the idea then he played the air again and again till it rung like a phantom chorus over the still planta tions at last he was overcome by emotion and brandy slid from the stool and sat at the foot of the smoke stack muttering zat is a hymn hie dedicate toze general and to ze hie country !" and then he slept the sleep of the just conscience thar's the senator and she's gainin on we said tho pilot as we walked forward pointing to a thin column of smoke rising out of the trees just abreatt of us how far astern a matter of about two miles around that point splendid night for a race mut tered styles will sho overtake us captain wall raaibec said the old river dog while the roost professional grin shot over bis hard wooden features specially ef i ease up this'ar old gal ha jones now we'll have it â€” we won't turn in now chuckled styles banging me in the back almost imperceptibly our speed slackened and the thin dark column crept nearer and nearer around the trees on the point in oar wake till at last the steamer burst into sight not a pistol shot astern there is a sharp click of the pilot's bell a grasping throb as if our boat took a deep long breath and just as the senator makes our wheel we dash ahead again with every stroke of the piston threatening to rack our frail fabric into threads the river here is pretty wide and the channel deep and clear the senator pulls ahead in gallant style now gaining our quarters now a boat's length astern both engin eers roaring and snorting like angry hippopotami and both vessels rock ing and straining till they seem to paw their way through the churned water talk of horse racing and rouge et noir but except the wild delirium of a cavalary chargeâ€”as de scribed by those who have been in one there is no excitement that can ap proach boat racing on a southern river ono by one the people pop up the ladder and throng the rails â€” first the unemployed deck hands then a strange gentleman or two and finally ladies and children till j the rail is full and every eye is anx iously strained to the opposite boat she holds bet own wonderfully well considering the reputation of ours and at each burst when she seemed to gain on us tlje whole crowd hold their breath and as she [ drops off again thero is a deep drawn | gasping sigh of relief like wind in i the pines even the colonel has \ roused himself from dreams of turtle lat the st charles and red fish at ' pensacola and has come on deck in shooting jacket and glengary cap that makes him look like jaunty fosco he leans over the stern rail puffing his cabana in long cany whiffs as we gain at length or sending out short angry puffs at the senator as she creeps upon us foot by foot we gain steadily un til the gap is widened to three of our boat lengths though the senator piles her fires until the shores behind her on each side glow from their're flection ; and her decksâ€”now black with anxious lookers on,send up cheer after cheer as she'snorts dafiantly after us suddenly the bank seems to loom ap right under our larboard bow we have cut it too close two sharp vicious clicks of the bell our helm goes hard down and tho engines stop with a sudden jar as i catch a hissing curse break through the sot teeth of the pilot a wild yell ot triumph rises from the senator's deck on she comes in gallant style shutting the gap and passing us like a race horse before we can swing into the channel and re cover headway it is a splendid eight as the noble boat passes us her black hulk standing out in the clear moonlight against tho dim gray bank like a living monster and great chimneys snorting out great volumes of massive smoke that trails out flat behind her from tho great speed her side towards us is crowded with men women and children and hats handkerchiefs and hands are swung madly about to aid her effort of the hundred voices suddenly it iights up with a lurid glare as the furnace doors are thrown wide open and in tho hot glare the negro stokersâ€”their stalwart forms jetty black naked to the waist and streaming with tho exertion that makes the muscles strain out like cords show liko tbe distorted imps of some pictured inferno they too have imbibed tho excitement and with every gesture of anxious haste and eyeballs btarting from their dus ky heads some plunge their long rakes into the red mouths of the fur nace twisting and turning the crack ling mass with terrific strength while others hurl in the huge logs of resin ous pine already heated by contact till they burn like pitch then the great doors bang too the yo ! yo ! of the negroes dies away and the whole hull is blacker from the contrast while the senator puffing denser clouds than ever swing 3 round the point a hundred yards ahead there is a dead silence on our boat bo deep that the rough whisper of the pilot lo tho knot around him in heard the wholo length of the deck : dam nation ! but i'll overstep yer yet or bust !'*^ good old fellow responds styles < let her out and i'll stand tho wine then the old colonel walks to the wheel with bid face purple his glen gary pushed far back on his head and his cigar glowing like the red eye of battle as he puffs angry wheezes of smoke through his nostrils damned hard sirâ€”hard ! egad ! i'd ; burn the last ham in tho locker to : overtake her and he whirled tho glowing stump after the senator as ; the spartan youth hurled their shields into the thick of the battle before rushing to reclaim them on we speed until tho trees on the bank seem to fly back past us and round the point to see the senator just turn ing another curve j on still faster than ever with cv ! cry glass on board jingling its frame | and every joint and timber trembling as with a congestive chill 1 still the black demons below pile their fires with the fattest logsâ€”and even a few barrels of pitch are slyly slipped inâ€”the smoke behind us etretching straight and flat from the smoke stack now we enter a straight narrow reach with the senator just before us faster and faster we go till tbe boat fairly rocks and swings from side to side half lifted with every ! throb of the engine closer and clo ser we creepâ€”harder and harder the cylinders thumpâ€”until . at last we close our just lapping her stern < so we run a few yards little by littleâ€”so little that we test it by counting her windowsâ€”we reach her wheelâ€”pass itâ€”lock her bow and run neck and neck for a hundred feet ' j the stillness of death is upon both boats not a sound but the creak and shuddor.as they struggle on sud denly the harsh voice of our'old pilot crushes through it like a broadaxo . " good bye sen'tor send yer a tug !" and he gives his bell ra mery click our huge boat gave one shudder ing throb that racks her from end to end one plunge and then she settles into a steady rush and forges rapidly ahead wider and wider grows the gap ; and we wind out of sight with the beaten boat five hundred yards behind us the cigar i take from my mouth to make way for the deep long sigh is chewed to a perfect pulp a wild pent-up yell of half savage triumph goes up from the crowded deck such as is heard nowhere else but when tho captured work rewards the bloody and oftrepeated charge cheer after cheer follows ; and as we approach tho thin column of smoke curling over the trees between us styles bestrides the prostrate form of the still sleeping professor and makes the calliope yell and shriek that classic dittyâ€”"old gray horse come out of the wilderness 1 at the invisible rival 1 doubt if heartier toast was ever drank than the " colonel gave the group around the wheel-house when styles stood the wine plighted tho pi lot tho " colonel was beaming the glengary sat jauntily on one side and his voice actually gurgled as he said . ! " egad i'd miss my dinner for a week for this i gentleman a toast here's to tho old boat god bless her soul â– Â«â– Â».Â». â– â€” example in farming.â€”the farm er wants an eye out as well as a hand busp he wants to see what his neighbor does , and when be does this he wants to lay aside prejudice he must not think he knows it all he must get good where he can get it and get it honorably your neigh bor's business is a great instructor to you if you will take advantage of it it is like an extension of your own farm with the experiments the losses and tho successes by both we are profited it is an important thing it is money in the pocket it is like reading your paper like attending a fair only more so no agricultural paper can give you the eye facts there they are as thoigh you had practiced them yourself and tho soil is like yours joining it your neighbor is willing to bestow his in formation what you do not get by seeing yourself much good is done in this way much more should be done and remember it costs you nothing for this knowledge what an advantage is hereâ€”all around us ; it is like tbe manure in tho atmos phere to bo had for the gettn g as with the grains your neighbor's fields are books read them.i how to find speech mr l affronted bis wife who to punish him,-resolved to act dumb whenever he was present and no well did she maintain her resolution that nearly a week passed v away during which not a wold did she uttet in bis presence sho performed her household duties as usual but speak she would not tried to coax her out of her whim but in vain at last he tried the following plan to overcome her resolution by working on her curiosityâ€”the most ungovern able of female propensities return ing one evening from his employ ment his lady sat thero as usual mute he immediately commenced a vigorous search throughout the room the closet was examined the bed room drawers boxes shelves every thing that could bo thought of was overhauled his wife was struck with astonishment at this unaccount 1 able behavior and as be proceeded in his search she became nervousiy anxious to find out what he was look:ng for what could it be sho looked in his face to glean it pos sible from his expression the object of his search ; but no go he was as sober as a judge he lifted the edge of the carpet looked under the table cover and finally approached her chair looked under it and even went so far as to brush hor dress par 1 tially aside as if what he sought might be there she could stand it no longer she burst out bob what are you looking for he smiled and answered your tongue and i've found it .Â« i Â» > â– jbf&g-tbo following is the closing paragraph of a great speech deliver ed by gov seymour at columbus ohio on tuesday the 26th ult we copy it for tbe purpose of showing the temper of the man and the christian patriotic spirit that ani mates his being said he : -~ " the war is over the dead aro buried and the god of nature has covered their graves with the green grass and beautiful flowers to show us that nature has left no trace'of tho violence done a poor fallen human nature should as far as it could imi tate this divine example and wipe out the traces of poison and bate in the minds of tho american people a union made with its usurpations inequalities and dangers isjnot tho union our soldiers fought for that was a union of hearts^and of hands cheers i stand before you for the first time i shall never in all human probability meet you again but i shall ever cherish the remembrance of this scene and i trust my re publican friends that though you may think me a mistaken man you will feel that i am an earnest man and one who loves his country and would serve you as woll as ourselves cheers we can gain no triumph for tho right which is a triumph over you we cannot stand here to advoj cate principles,that restrain the pow er of the government which wo shall govern in a little while that mean harm to you if it is well for us it is well for yon if we cannot bee things alike from different stand points let us at least agree with christian chairity and patriotic faith to believe that the whole public mean , well and let us go into the election with an earnest desire to serve our country and vote as our consciences dictate a mistaken people may sur vive,but a corrupt and cowardly peo ple who will not live up to their con victions will undoubtedly and ought to perish from among the nations of the earth and may god grant that the result will be such as shall pre serve the spirit of the constitution be in keeping with the teaching of our fathers and maintain our union forever and ever great cheers 1 Â« m m i s of all the lessons that human ity has to learn in life's school the hardest is to learn to wait not to wait with the folded hands that claim life's prizes without previous effort but having struggled and crowned the slow years with trial see no such result as effort seems to warrant â€” nay perhaps disaster instead to 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